Memorial Service for Daniel Merle "Skip" Spider, 62, of Fargo, ND formerly of Sisseton, SD will be held on Monday, April 14, 2014 at 1:00 PM at the Tribal Community Center, Agency Village, SD with the Rev. Clifford Canku, Jr. Heminger CLP, and Pastor Nippy Owen officiating. Pianists will be Kaye Bursheim, Billy Kohl, and Betty Jean Neilan. Urnbearers will be Frank White and Edmond TwoStars. Honorary Urnbearers will be Mary "Babe Ruth" Spider, Jake Blacksmith, Arlene Spider, Dusty Spider, Faith Lufkins and Andrew Hayes, Earl "Rex" Owen, Darrell and Cheryl Renville, Cheryl Spider, and Ron and Tammy DuMarce. Wake Services will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13, 2014 starting at 7:00 PM at the Tribal Community Center. Interment will be in the Ascension Presbyterian Cemetery, Big Coulee, SD. The Cahill Funeral Chapel of Sisseton, SD is in charge of arrangements.

Daniel Merle "Skip" Spider was born on January 12, 1952 in Sisseton, SD to Alfred and Geraldine (Williams) Spider. He grew up in the Wilmot area attending school at Spring Grove country school and attended Wilmot Public School. After his education he worked various construction jobs in the surrounding area. Skip liked to travel, and play Bingo until his health failed. Skip resided in Rapid City, Yellow Thunder Camp, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, MN and Fargo, ND, where he made his home for the past 17 years. He made many friends where ever he went. He liked to joke with everyone and was very easy to get along with. Skip passed away on April 8, 2014 at his home in Fargo.

Skip is survived by five brothers, Myron Williams, Gaylord Williams, Earlen Spider, and Maurice Spider all of Sisseton, SD, and Rodney Spider of Lincoln, NB, two sisters, LaVonne Spider of Watertown, SD and Lola Spider of Sisseton, SD, and numerous cousins and nieces and nephews.

Skip was preceded in death by his parents, and three sisters, Bonita, Alfreda, and Lola, one niece Melissa Spider, and one nephew, Scott Groves.